What do you mean "this is fixed in svn" ? What is svn :-)
Where to get it ? ;-)

svn == Subversion

It's a source code management (SCM) system. So basically, it means "fixed in the next release --- or if you can't wait, and you know how to use standard open source development tools, you could head over the website at https://libprs500.kovidgoyal.net and download the latest bleeding-edge sources, and install the python application yourself (assuming you know how and don't mind being a pre-alpha tester) -- if not, please just wait a few weeks and upgrade to the latest version when it comes out"

What do you mean "this is fixed in svn" ? What is svn :-)
Where to get it ? ;-)

'svn' is the source code control system 'subversion' which is what kovid uses to manage his development. The user translation of 'this is fixed in svn' is "the fix is done, and will probably be in the next release." This was, of course, completely obvious...

It's a source code management (SCM) system. So basically, it means "fixed in the next release --- or if you can't wait, and you know how to use standard open source development tools, you could head over the website at https://libprs500.kovidgoyal.net and download the latest bleeding-edge sources, and install the python application yourself (assuming you know how and don't mind being a pre-alpha tester) -- if not, please just wait a few weeks and upgrade to the latest version when it comes out"

But "fixed in svn" is much faster way of saying all of the above. :-)

few weeks... ahhmm....
but if he fixed it in the code , and compiled to see that it works , can't he send the exe and ill QA it :-D

few weeks... ahhmm....
but if he fixed it in the code , and compiled to see that it works , can't he send the exe and ill QA it :-D

Most developers want to fix more than one bug before they "release" - otherwise they'd run out of version numbers. Plus, it takes time to set up the release, recompile for all platforms, notify users of the update, etc. Not a *ton* of time, but enough that developers don't want to do it every day (when they could be working on fixing more bugs, adding more features, or doing something else).